Local democracy under siege [electronic resource] : activism, public interests, and private politics / Dorothy Holland ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-284) and index.

Experimenting with democracy -- Landscapes in transition -- Hope, fear, and political autobiography -- Racial framing -- Public goods for private ends : the redirection of schooling -- Local politics and the contemporary American scene -- Imagining local futures : who sets priorities for the present? -- Public business as usual -- Against American plutocracy : democratizing our communities, one by one -- Counter experiments for democracy : activism on new political terrain -- It's up to us : from local politics to a democratic America?

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.